GEO has been working with Voice Your Vote to conduct a non-partisan voter registration drive on campus. VYV is a non-partisan student organization created as part of a federal mandate to increase student participation in electoral politics.
Click on the widget below to register! Or, email GEO if you’d like a VYV volunteer to come to your class to register you and your students.
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Many newly hired GSIs and GSSAs have contacted GEO with inquiries about this email. In particular, it appears that many have not understood the sentence “If you have not already filled out
a GEO Union Membership/Representation-Service Fee card, you must do so now” as an assurance that they need not fill out another card if they have already done so.
Have no doubt. Once you have filled out a yellow card, you have completed all necessary paperwork.
Most newly hired GSIs fill out their cards when GEO volunteers speak at orientation meetings. However, some GSIs and GSSAs are not employed in units which conduct graduate employee orientations, and so have not yet spoken with anyone about GEO.
The purpose of the email is to provide those newly hired GSIs and GSSAs an additional opportunity to obtain information about their union and and to fill out their yellow cards. We believe this is extremely important because without this opportunity, those grads might never become aware of their rights under the contract.
Unfortunately, it is clear that the language of the email is confusing. We have contacted Academic Human Resources, and anticipate that they will work with us to revise the language.
In the meantime, we will answer all emails. Please be patient, and understand that we are also responding to many inquiries from grads who have not yet had a chance to join GEO.
The first official Stewards Council Meeting of the 2008-09 Academic Year will be held Wednesday, September 10 from 7pm-8:30pm.
Stewards Council Meetings are open to all members and are held at the GEO Office, 330 E. Liberty, Suite 3F.
The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), AFT Local 3550, is now accepting applications for a full-time Staff Organizer. GEO is progressive 1800-member union with high yearly turnover in membership and political leadership. GEO employs two full-time staff organizers who work together to ensure that GEO continues to be an effective voice for graduate employees at the University of Michigan
Responsibilities of the position include:
We prefer applicants who are able to:
Compensation: Annual salary $48,423 plus health insurance and other benefits.
Application Deadline: GEO will continue to review and accept applications until the position has been filled. To guarantee review, applicants should submit materials prior to October 6, 2008.
Contact Info: Inquiries and applications may be directed to Ian Flora, ian.flora (at) gmail.com or mailed to: GEO Hiring Committee, 330 E. Liberty Suite 3F, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
GEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly values diversity in our staff and leadership.